Structure 2013-08-22 Present & Past

p. 6 Ex. 2
A
2 does...come
3 means
4 do...do
5 sell
6 'm working
7 owns
8 're joking (you're kidding - more common)
9 guess
10 influence
B
1 'm trying
2 Do...know
3 mean
4 calls ("every" is singular)
5 's always winning / always wins
C
1 hear
2 are expecting (they're thinking about it now)
"She is expecting." = She is pregnant. (expecting a baby)
3 're looking for
4 do...think of (think = opinion or belief is not an action)
5 sounds
6 do...spell
D
1 wants ("who" as subject is singular)
2 smells
3 don't drink ('m not drinking = temporarily)
4 is boiling
5 does...boil
6 boils
bowling
p. 7 Ex. 3
1 wants (non-action)
2 defines (always true & in a book)
3 Why does she want that? (does + base form)
4 my friends call me
5 actually sound
6 I am studying
7 Maybe you are asking
8 Why does he want
9 I come from Austria
10 I'm always trying / I always try ("always" after subject)
Blitzkrieg = lightning war (very fast war)
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Titles in English names:
Mr. "mister" - any man (married or unmarried)
Mrs. "missus" - married woman
Miss - unmarried woman (usually young)
Ms. "miz" - any woman (married or unmarried)

Dr. = Doctor - a medical doctor
President
Judge
other government positions: Mayor, Minister, Senator, etc.
   (including royalty: King, Queen, Prince, Princess, etc.)
military/aviation/police: General, Major, Colonel, Captain, etc.
religious jobs: Father, Mother, Pope, Caliph, Imam, Pastor, Reverend, etc.
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Past simple and progressive (Unit 2)
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p. 15
A
1 research
2 couple
3 opponent
4 recover
5 influential
6 cover
illness = sickness (= infirmity)
accomplish = do successfully; achieve
B
1 during - "while the two were working"
2 after - "she didn't even know he was Superman"
3 after - "while she was studying" = after she arrived
4 before - "she was planning to return"
5 before
6 during - "While she was recovering"
7 during - "while she was playing"
8 after - they got together in Paris, but got married later
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I was eating dinner when you called me. = you called during dinner
When you called me, I was eating dinner.
While I was eating dinner, you called me.
You called me while I was eating dinner.
"while" means during - we use it with actions that have duration

I was eating dinner while you were studying.
While you were studying, I was eating dinner.
While I was eating dinner, you were studying.
You were studying while I was eating dinner.
= both actions continued together for some time

I ate dinner when I got home.
When I got home, I ate dinner.
= I got home, and then I ate dinner.
(In this case, "when" means after *and* as a result.)

When you saw me, you stopped talking.
= You stopped talking *because* you saw me.
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Homework: p. 18-19, Ex. 1-2